“It’s so exciting — I just had to show them off,” Guthrie said to co-hosts Matt Lauer, Carson Daly and Al Roker. “I’m so happy and we have the best time. I ended maternity leave this week and I thought, ‘Well, this is what I’ve been doing! I’ve been hanging out with these wonderfully people.’ ”

The family reunion was a surprise to Today viewers, who were given clues all morning to “Guess the Guest.” As Daly explained, “He is losing his hair, he has a hard time focusing and he is known to hit the bottle.”

“See how he is losing his hair just a little bit?” Guthrie said when Charley came out. “His baby hair?”